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pintado

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[pin-tah-doh] / pɪnˈtɑ doʊ /
Also pintada

noun

pintados, plural pintadoes plural
  1. cero.


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Etymology

Origin of pintado

1595–1605; < Portuguese, past participle of pintar to paint < Vulgar Latin *pinctus painted. See pinta

Example Sentences

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It was a plentiful repast, and included roast pintado and cabbage-palm.

From Foul Play by Reade, Charles

If you choose to take a shot-gun to-morrow you will find pintado, pigeons, parrots, ducks and geese abundant, only beware of the caiman, for the rivers literally swarm with them.

From The Ruined Cities of Zululand by Walmsley, Hugh Mulleneux

Excessive number of birds about a dead whale; of the pintado bird, and the petrel, etc.

From A Voyage to New Holland by Dampier, William

This partridge attains the size of the pintado.

From The Highlands of Ethiopia by Harris, William Cornwallis

In the afternoon, our old companions the pintado peterels began to appear.

From A Voyage Towards the South Pole and Round the World Volume 2 by Cook, James

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